Two Great Articles by Two Fine Writers
Here are a couple great quotes from what’s turning out to be a banner day for a blogger looking for good stuff to link.
First up, David Harsanyi, on being dressed down by professional panic-monger Ray LaHood:
In his best Illinois tough-guy form, LaHood was in the middle of grandstanding about the need for new regulations covering airlines and pilots, who, despite those imposing uniforms, according to LaHood, display the accountability of a pro athlete. And if airlines did not voluntarily hand over this personal information, Ray LaHood would make them do it.
When I asked LaHood if there was an outbreak of gruesome airline calamities that had somehow escaped my attention, he suggested I ask the relatives of those who died in a recent commuter jet accident about safety. Americans, he declared, were demanding more regulation. And he ended with a sarcastic quip, “I’m happy you feel safe.”
Oh, I do. Why wouldn’t I? There wasn’t a single U.S. airline passenger death due to an accident in 2007 and 2008, years in which commercial airliners carried 1.5 billion passengers. If you are a skateboarder, skier, pedestrian or train rider, your chances of dying are far higher.
Next up, Andrew Malcolm on the Michelle Obama love that’s permeated the country:
Starting a White House vegetable garden and telling school children to work hard for good grades while being a poised fashion icon is somewhat less controversial than the president trying to explain a national unemployment rate soaring past the maximum his administration precisely predicted last winter, despite billions in stimulus spending.
Read them both!
Other Posts of Interest:
- You Know What’ll Save Newspapers? A Conversation with John Kerry.
- Estimating the Tea Party Numbers (Update: Is 800,000 Unreasonable?)
- No More Money for Highways.
Category: Cool Columnists and Wicked Writers, Our New Democratic Overlords, The Rise of the Nanny State
Let me add onto these great articles:
Gosh, wasn’t it just a couple months ago that Democrats were full of hubris and self-confidence. Strutting around telling us how they had won and we need to get over it. How many times did we hear President Obama gloatingly reminded us that HE was elected President. Oh and then there was Queen Bee herself, Nancy Pelosi and Sir Harry Reid looking down upon the countryside, licking their collective chops at the spoils that lay before them. And then it began in lightning fashion, Democrats passing outlandish spending bills, sight unseen, which have saddled future generations with mountains of debt. At the same time, the veil came off the centrist candidate revealing the true being and President Obama began implementing the most far-reaching leftist agenda in U.S. history.
Now fast forward six short months later. Unemployment is reaching record highs; uncertainly has completely taken over the national psyche; Obama Motors has replaced decision making based on best business practices with best environmentalist wacko practices; Obama Doctrine means cozying up with vicious dictators in Iran and Venezuela and North Korea and against liberty and freedom loving people around the world. And the President just can’t stop apologizing at every opportunity. It’s truly said to see our President discredit the efforts and sacrifices of the generations of young American men and women who have sacrificed their lives in major conflicts all around the world in defense of freedom and democracy and the rule of law. It’s all been absolutely astounding and embarrassing to watch unfold.
But the American people are starting to finally wake up to the realization that this man and this party are a threat to our future. Senators such as Nelson of Nebraska, Dorgan of North Dakota, Bayh of Indiana, Bennett of Colorado, Conrad of North Dakota, McCaskill of Missouri and Tester of Montana are on the endangered species list. You may all think you are safe but beware. You can not escape your part in this calamity of a mess.
The time is nearing when the American people will stand up and as they look at the crisis that this President and these Democrats in Washington have created, the American voters will take matters into their own hands and rally to the most recent famous quote “never let a serious crisis go to waste”. And when that happens, Democrat Senators or House members will not be able to hid nor escape the wrath of the American voter.